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Noun transportation has 6 senses
- transportation system, transportation, transit - a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
--1 is a kind of facility, installation
--1 is a part of infrastructure, base
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars:
- transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance - the act of transporting something from one location to another
--2 is a kind of movement
--2 has parts: pickup
--2 has particulars:
- fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
--3 is a kind of charge
--3 has particulars:
- Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT - the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
--4 is a kind of executive department
--4 has parts:
- transportation, shipping, transport - the commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
--5 is a kind of commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
--5 is a part of commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
--5 has particulars:
- exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation - the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
--6 is a kind of banishment, proscription
--6 has particulars: Babylonian Captivity
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